Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
FARM NOTES.

upon the prst appearance of holes in
the currant leaves apply white hellebore.
Mulch the bushes; this will prolong the
season.
The earlier fruit is timed the more
profitable the operation, if one has fine
carl apples, peaches or pears for near
market.
No lnvariable rule can be laid down
for the raising OF calves on skim milk.
and each feeder must make rule for
each calf.
Wire netting, 2-inch mesh, is now
cheaper than boards as material for fenc.
ing poultry, and can be more easily ar
ranged and with less labor.
Beans ON pCor ground rarely pay; up
on clean, rich soil, they are profitable.
Sow in drills 30 inches apart, dropping
forr beans every foot.
As rule, allow a newly planted grape
vine to bear but single shoot. Do hot
allow young vines to overbear. Two
clusters to cane are enough.
Swedish turnips may be scwn on rich,
well fined soil; SOW in drills, 30 inches
apart, two pounds of seed to the acre.
Later thin to inches in the rows.
Allow enough new raspberry shoots
that come up from the base to grow, to
produce canes for next years fruit.
Train up these and cut away all others
Lay straw, marsh hay or other mulch
along tho strawberry rows, to keep the
fruit clean. If berries are to be market
ed have baskets, crates, etc, all ready.
Small chickens should never be kept
or fed with old ones; they are apt to be
injured. Have two or three yards, and
separate them according TO size and
strength.
AS suntlower seed is very liable to heat,
the safest way of keeping it for fowls is
to cut off the flower head when the seed
is ripe, and pile it loosely till thrown to
the fowls.
Dampness is bad for yonng chicks.
Arrange their drinking vessels so that
they can not get into them, and do not
allow them to run in the wet grass ,r to
be out in a storm.
Use no stable manure on Young peach
trees. mixture of some kind of miRer-
al fertilizers is better. Experiments have
shown mari TO be excellent for peach
trees.
Steady application is what counts in
any business, especially in farming. for
IN this employment a day or an hour
wasted is usually more than loss of time,
for it Is opportunity gone
1t Is never good policy to divide
farm in small fields, for it is waste of
lands, waste of time and oppressive in
crease of fencing that becomes burden
some tax IN construction and mainten-
anee.
On the average farm a calf that will in
three years with the same feed and care
make as heavy and as valuable heifer
or steer as another calf will do in four
years is worth at least SIS more when
dropped.
Pork can be made at the least cost
when the hogs are fed on a variety of
food. Corn for fatteniDg is the best
food and can not be excelled, but as
sole diet it is very expensive compared
with mixed diet of bulky and concen.
trated food.
The Downs breeds of sheep are grow
ing IN demand in this country says the
Implement News. Flock owners are anxi-
Gus to try something besides wool for u
profit. They see in Canada and in Eng
land that mutton stands side by side with
beef, and many are disposed to try the
experiment here.
The influence of the mare in trans
mitting hereditary qualities is as a rule,
greatly underestimated. The female
| pedigree of horse is almost entirely
lost sight of, while the male is given
| special promine nee. The best breeders
agree that the mare exercises as potent
an influence over the progeny as the stall
lion. Especially in the matter of sound
ness should the breeding mare be un-
| Objectionable.
! Many farmers neglect to clear their
| moving fields of stones, sticks and other
| obstructicns to the moving machine, un-
til the grass gets so high that it is diff
| cult, if not impossible to see them, and
| so the knives of the mower are injured
If not broken; this is very poor policy,
| for on most moving fields, if the work
| be done before the grass starts much,
the labor of removing all distractions to
the harvesting machines Is comparative
! ly light.